Maternal and child health services - as one of the largest federal block grant programs, title v is the key source of support for promoting and improving the health of all the nation's mothers and…

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $37.316 million to the Indiana Department of Health on October 1, 2025, under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.994) for the period ending September 30, 2027.

The award funds direct medical services including care and education for pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents; free pregnancy screens; and specialty medical services and primary care for children and youth with special health care needs. Enabling service programs provide health education, family care coordination, medical home and care coordination services, and transition-to-adulthood services for children with special health care needs, including coordination with Medicaid and the Women, Infant, and Children program. Population-based services include the Indiana Moms Helpline, sudden unexpected infant death prevention, childhood physical activity and injury prevention, and maternal mortality and fetal infant mortality reduction initiatives. Infrastructure-building services encompass the Indiana Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative, data systems integration and analysis, policy and standards development, planning, evaluation, monitoring, and quality assurance for maternal and child health and children's special health care services.

Place of performance is Indiana, including Indianapolis for administrative oversight and distributed county-level sites for service delivery. The award supports the federal-state partnership framework established under Title V of the Social Security Act to improve the health and well-being of the nation's mothers, children, and families, with particular focus on vulnerable populations lacking adequate access to health care.

Maternal and child health services - as one of the largest federal block grant programs, title v is the key source of support for promoting and improving the health of all the nation's mothers and children. When congress passed the social security act in 1935, IT contained the initial key landmark legislation which established title v. To date, the title v federal-state partnership continues to provide a dynamic program to improve the health of all mothers and children, including children and youth with special health care needs (cyshcn). Within the pyramid level of direct medical services, title v funds programs to provide direct care and education for pregnant women, infants, children, adolescents, free pregnancy screens, as well as specialty medical services and primary care for cshcn. Enabling service programs provide health education, family care coordination, medical home (i.e. care coordination) and transition to adulthood services for cyshcn, and coordination and collaboration with medicaid and the women, infant, and children (WIC) program. Population-based services that are provided or funded by title v include the indiana moms helpline, sudden unexpected infant death prevention, childhood physical activity, childhood injury prevention, maternal mortality and fetal infant mortality reduction. Infrastructure building services include efforts such as the indiana perinatal quality improvement collaborative; the integration of data systems and other data analysis efforts for planning and reporting; policy and standards development; planning, evaluation, and monitoring; and quality assurance to MCH and children's special health care services (cshcs) grantees.